(David Combs) writes:

Lots of rain in the last two or three weeks. So of course some mushrooms
appear here and there in the lawn. SMALL mushrooms.

But, in that rock-edged garden, good lord!, LOTS of mushrooms, MONSTER
mushrooms. Each being between maybe 8 inches to ONE FOOT across (ie diameter).

To date, I have not even touched one of them, they're so gross, much
less tried to dig one up.

I had a tree cut down but left the stump. I get mushrooms about half
a foot across. I don't touch them but I think they look pretty cool:

http://mysite.verizon.net/despen/mushroom.jpg

but my favorites are in a lawn a few feet away:

http://mysite.verizon.net/despen/mushrooms.jpg

Wouldn't attempt to kill them. They're good for the soil.

If they really bother you, cut off the top with a shovel.
Only takes a few seconds. If they come back and they still bother
you do the same. I would not attempt to go after the underground
structure, it's probably a waste of time.


Grew up near New Rochelle (in the Bronx not far from the Pelham Manor
border). Spent a lot of time on Shore Road and the surrounding woods.
Spectacular area. Used to swim in the Eastchester River.


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Dan Espen